CONTENTS:
1. Pediatric clinical biochemistry: why is it different?
2. Respiratory disorders
3. Kidney and urinary tract disorders
4. Biochemical tests of hepatic and intestinal disorders
5. Cardiovascular disorders
6. Growth disorders
7. The diagnosis of pediatric reproductive disorders
8. Disorders of the thyroid gland
9. Disorders of the adrenal gland
10. Disorders of calcium and phosphorus metabolism in infants and children
11. Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism in infants and children
12. Neurologic and psychiatric disorders
13. Primary immunodeficiency diseases
14. Autoimmune disorders of childhood
15. The laboratory and adolescent medicine
16. Clinical and laboratory approach to the diagnosis of inherited genetic disorders
17. Genetic metabolic disorders
18. Disorders of the lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in children and adolescents
19. Diagnosis and management of pediatric tumors
20. Disorders of porphyrin metabolism
21. Therapeutic drug monitoring and clinical toxicology in a pediatric hospital
22. Assessment of nutritional status: the role of the laboratory
23. The biochemical basis for red blood cell disorders
